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This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *mě̀ra (“measure”) + *-iti.
Verb
*mě̀riti impf[1][2]
- to measure
Inflection
Conjugation of
*měriti, *měri, *měritь (
impf., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)
| Verbal noun
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Infinitive
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Supine
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L-participle
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| *měřenьje
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*měriti
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*měritъ
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*měrilъ
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Participles
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| Tense
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Past
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Present
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| Passive
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*měřenъ
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*měrimъ
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| Active
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*měřь
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*měrę
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Aorist
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Present
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| Person
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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| Singular
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*měrixъ |
*měri |
*měri
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*měřǫ |
*měriši |
*měritь
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| Dual
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*měrixově |
*měrista |
*měriste
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*měrivě |
*měrita |
*měrite
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| Plural
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*měrixomъ |
*měriste |
*měrišę
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*měrimъ |
*měrite |
*měrętь
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Imperfect
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Imperative
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| Person
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1st |
2nd |
3rd
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1st |
2nd |
3rd
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| Singular
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*měřaaxъ |
*měřaaše |
*měřaaše
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*měri |
*měri
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| Dual
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*měřaaxově |
*měřaašeta |
*měřaašete
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*měrivě |
*měrita |
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| Plural
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*měřaaxomъ |
*měřaašete |
*měřaaxǫ
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*měrimъ |
*měrite |
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Notes: - (*)*měrivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: мѣрити (měriti)
- Belarusian: ме́раць (mjéracʹ)
- Russian: ме́рить (méritʹ)
- Ukrainian: мі́рити (míryty)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic script: мѣрити (měriti)
- Glagolitic script: ⰿⱑⱃⰻⱅⰻ (měriti)
- Bulgarian: ме́ря (mérja)
- Macedonian: мери (meri)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic script: ме̏рити
- Latin script: mȅriti
- Slovene: mẹ́riti (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: měřiti, mieřiti
- Polabian: merĕ
- Old Polish: mierzyć
- Slovak: mieriť
- Slovincian: mjêrzëc
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: měrić
- Lower Sorbian: měriś
- Non-Slavic:
- → Lithuanian: miẽryti
- → Latvian: mẽrît
- → Old Prussian: ermīrit, pomīrit
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ме́рить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “ме́ра”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 524
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*měriti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 18 (*matoga – *mękyšьka), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 183
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mě̀riti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 312: “v. (a) ‘measure’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “měriti”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (MP 26)”